Just a thought…
I notice a lot of talk out and about in the bodybuilding world about squatting and deadlifting on a smith in order to keep one’s abs from growing as much…WTF? Why not just cut down on the ab training? My abs are too big…I need to stop free squatting and doing something that is actually functional. Thats what abs are for, stability, not curling the trunk. That’s secondary if you think about it. Just stop getting better at curling your upper torso off the floor for a while. I mean really when it comes down to it how useful is that? Really I kind of see extra ab work as a little bit of overkill. Granted just doing them you would be burning a few extra calories, but if your abs "grow too much" why train them. Alot of old school guys thought like that. Abs was kind of a precontest thing, sharpen up your control and you were good to go. That’s how I do it now, and my abs stay in pretty good shape, I’m a little fat right now, but I ‘ve still pretty much got a six pack and I haven’t done a crunch in a year, save showing new trainees how to do them. Here is a picture from literally right now:
See you can still have some abs bulking and not training them endlessly…
Here is the catch, I still train my inner abs. I’ve been working on my vacuum for some time now and my waist is getting smaller overall even though I’m getting bigger. The other thing is while I’m walking around I consciously spend time keeping my waist tight and posture near perfect in spurts throughout the day. Really only a couple minutes all day, but thats still a couple minutes of perfectly usable, functional tension time.
December 30, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Great training idea, Bert! I find myself throughout the day consciously keeping core tight. Like you said, functional training. Great not-really work